The odds of winning the jackpot are one in 176 million, according to Mega Millions. The odds of winning any Mega Millions prize is about 1 in 40.

Mega Millions is played in 38 states including New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The largest payout so far for Mega Millions has been a $390 million jackpot shared by a New Jersey couple from Cape May County and a truck driver in Georgia in 2007.

Mega Millions numbers are drawn every Tuesday and Friday at 11 p.m., and are broadcast live on NJN.

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Mega Millions winners come forward

Mega Millions winners come forwardMario and Clelia Lopes, from Union County, came forward to claim their $75.5 million in the July 22 Mega Millions lottery drawing on Monday. The couple was presented a check at noon and spoke to the media through an interpreter. (Video by William Perlman/The Star-Ledger)

Mega Millions winners from Chubb Insurance speak to the media

Mega Millions winners from Chubb Insurance speak to the mediaTen employees from Chubb Insurance in Whitehouse Station came forward as the winners of the $216 million Mega Millions jackpot. The workers have been playing the lottery the past few years and purchased the ticket at the Singin Oil gas station in Toms River. (Video by Ed Murray/The Star-Ledger)